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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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Nominees and their families arrive on the red carpet for the 3rd annual Wisconsin High School Sports Awards hosted by the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin at the Lambeau Field Atrium on Friday, May 11, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
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GREEN BAY – Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers often is the star of the show, but the two-time NFL MVP shared the spotlight Friday night with some of the best high school athletes in the state at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards at the Lambeau Field Atrium.

“I can tell you this, when I was most your ages, I was not sitting in this room,” Rodgers told the prep athletes. “I was not a high school player of the year in anything. Let that be an encouragement to maybe those who didn’t win, and also a warning to those who did win that there is always someone like myself who is watching the show on TV and not invited who are thinking, ‘I’m going to try to beat that kid out at some point.’”

Rodgers was asked what words of advice he would give to himself as a teenager knowing now what he didn’t then.

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Tara Quidzinski takes a photo of her daughter Trudy Quidzinski, a girls soccer player of the year nominee, and her boyfriend Nate Gille before the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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The red carpet event before the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Athletes wait for the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards to begin Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Edgar's Marissa Ellenbecker accepts the girls cross country athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Oshkosh North's Wesley Schiek accepts the boys cross country athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Oshkosh West's Edgar Heredia lifts the boys soccer athlete of the year award during his acceptance speech at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Stevens Point's Julia Stupar accepts the girls swimming and diving athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Aaron Rodgers has a sit down talk with Brett Christopherson during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Stephanie Schultz, marketing and communications senior director with Festival Foods, presents the coach of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Oshkosh North boys basketball coach Brad Weber accepts the coach of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Bay Port's Jo Baranczyk accepts the girls golf athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Bay Port's Jed Baranczyk accepts the boys golf athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Kaukauna's Ben Brochtrup accepts the boys volleyball athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Luxemberg-Casco's Alexis Dorner accepts the girls volleyball athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Kimberly's DJ Stewart accepts the football athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Kaukauna's Olivia Ryan accepts the girls special olympics athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Kimberly's Isaac Doersch accepts the boys special olympics athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Sturgeon Bay Co-op's Mac Mchugh accepts the boys swimming and diving athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis. He also received the play of the year award.
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Waupaca's Markie Ash accepts the girls hockey athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Stratford's Jeremy Schoenherr accepts the wrestling athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Manitowoc Lincoln's Brynn Tackett accepts the gymnastics athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Fox Valley Lutheran's Colton Schild accepts the baseball athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Jordan Brady, head coach of the Wisconsin Herd, presents the I AM SPORT award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Appleton North's Sydney Levy accepts the girls basketball athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Aaron Rodgers has a sit down talk with Brett Christopherson during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Aaron Rodgers has a sit down talk with Brett Christopherson during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Notre Dame's Grace Shaw accepts the girls soccer athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Oshkosh North's Syd Supple accepts the softball player of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Wausau West's Brooke Jaworski accepts the girls track and field athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Appleton North basketball's Sydney Levy and Kari Brekke accept the girls team of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Dr. James Ebben, with Bellin Health, presents the courage and boys team of the year awards during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Steve Jones, head football coach at Kimberly High School, accepts the boys team of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Little Chute's Hannah Vandenberg accepts the girls athlete of the year award at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Bay Port's Cordell Tinch accepts the boys athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis. He also won the boys track and field athlete of the year award.
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Little Chute's Hannah Vandenberg meets with family after receiving the girls athlete of the year award at the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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Cordell Tinch hugs his mother Elizabeth Simmons after receiving the boys athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, Wis.
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“R-E-L-A-X,” he said, to some laughs and cheers. “In high school, I was heavily recruited by Claremont McKenna, Occidental, Lewis & Clark. You probably have not heard of any of those schools. I would just say trust the process. … Just believe in myself. I had the same confidence I have now back then, but didn’t have quite the opportunities in front of me that many of you do have with these scholarship offers and future kind of laid out for you.

“I just had to work. It was 6 a.m. mornings and two workouts a day, just doing the things that I thought it would take to get to the next level. For me, it was junior college. Then it was Cal Berkeley. I was a backup, then obviously drafted here and was a backup. Just trust what got you there and believe in yourself. The greatest thing you can have as a quarterback, an athlete, is confidence. I never lacked confidence. It’s something when you have it, when you exude it, people start believing in you.”

Rodgers had one more piece of advice for the young people in the crowd. He wanted them to know it’s never too early to start thinking about the future.

“With every choice comes consequences,” he said. “If you have ever seen 'The Butterfly Effect' you know that one decision can affect so many lives. For the older folks in the room, 'Back to the Future.' … 'Back to the Future II' was just on the other night, when Biff gets the (Gray Sports) Almanac. One decision can have severe consequences. Either positively or negatively. You have to start thinking about decisions you are making today.

“I think about kids I went to high school with, junior college, Cal. They were really talented, and one mistake inhibited them from achieving their ultimate goal.”

The Wisconsin High School Sports Awards is a red carpet event that honored standout athletes, coaches and teams from the Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marshfield, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids areas for their achievements during the 2017-18 school year.

Here are some notable winners from Friday:

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Bay Port's Cordell Tinch hugs his mother, Elizabeth Simmons, after receiving the boys athlete of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards on Friday at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay.(Photo: Danny Damiani/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

Boys athlete of the year

Cordell Tinch, Bay Port

The three-sport star recently signed a letter of intent for football and track and field at the University of Minnesota.

Tinch was a first-team all-conference selection in the Fox River Classic in football and basketball as a senior and is coming off a track season in 2017 in which he won the Division 1 state titles in the triple jump and long jump.

He caught 49 passes for 736 yards and eight touchdowns in league play during the football season and averaged 13.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 steals in basketball.

Girls athlete of the year

Hannah VandenBerg, Little Chute

The three-sport star and Marquette volleyball recruit was a first-team all-state pick after leading the state with 741 kills as a junior this past season. Also had 442 digs and 57 aces.

She was a first-team all-conference pick in the North Eastern for basketball after averaging 17.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and 1.2 steals while shooting 59 percent. She also was on Little Chute’s 800 relay team that finished fourth in D2 at the state meet last season.

Girls team of the year

Appleton North basketball

The Lightning earned the award for the second straight year after repeating as Division 1 state champions with a 45-32 win over Mukwonago in the title game in March. North has gone a combined 52-4 the last two seasons.

Boys team of the year

Kimberly football

The Papermakers were the team of the year for the second straight season thanks to their fifth straight state title while also extending their winning streak to a state record and nation-best 70 games.

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Oshkosh North's Syd Supple accepts the softball player of the year award during the Wisconsin High School Sports Awards on Friday at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay.(Photo: Danny Damiani/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)